Thomas hipwell



(No Model.)

T. HIPWELL. SUPPORTING RING FOR LAMPS.

No. 479,880. Patented Au 2, 1892.

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THOMAS HIPI/VELL, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MANHATTAN BRASSCOMPANY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORTING-RING FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,880, dated August2, 1892. Application filed February 25, 1892. Serial No. 422,756. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS HIPWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Supporting-Rings for Lamps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This ring is primarilyintended for use with the suspending harp or wiresby which a lamp may be hung from the ceiling; but it is also availablewith piano or other lamps where the ring is supported from below or withbracketlamps where the ring is supported at one side.

In this improvement a complete ring is made use of into which the lampcan be passed from below, and there is a ring-section hinged at one endand adapted to snap against a support at the other end, and such ring isprovided with a bottom flange that is adapted to pass below and grasp anannular rib around the lamp, so that by swinging this ring-section openthe lamp can be removed, or such lamp can be retained by closing thering-section into position with its flange below the annular rib of thelamp.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the ring andsection as open. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same as closed.Fig. 3 is asection of the ring and section at the line 00 0c, and Fig. 4is a section of the same at the line y y with a lamp in elevation.

The lamp-reservoir A is of any desired size or shape, and around thesame is the annular rib 2, by which the lamp is suspended in the ring,and the suspending ring is made of the complete ring B and thering-section O, and this ring B is suspended by wires D, passing intoears or projections 3 at the opposite sides, or the wires may come upfrom below and support the ring B, or such ring B may be part of orsupported by a bracket, as common in lamp-supports.

The ring-section C is pivoted at 4, and such ring-section is of half thethickness of the ring B, or nearly so, and such ring B where the section0 is applied is reduced in thickness, so that in external appearance thering is similar, or nearly so, all the way around, and the ring-sectionC has a flange 5 projecting around its inner periphery, and there is ascrew 6 or similar support adjacent to the moving end of thering-section O for such ring-section to pass above the head of the screwand be supported thereby, as seen in Fig. 4, and the moving end of thering-section is beveled and made with a recess '7, so that when theringsection is being swung into posit-ion the recess 7 receives the bodyof the screw 6 and acts the same as a spring-latch to hold thering-section in position, and there is an arm Son the ringsection 0 andan arm 0 on the ringB at some distance therefrom, so that by graspingthe two arms 8 and 9 against the thumb and finger and drawing the arm 8toward the arm 9 the ring-section 0 will be swung open, and a reversemovement is given to the ring-section O by pressing against the arm 8-,and in so doing the thumb may be brought against the ear 3.

It is now to be understood that the ring-section 0 is to be swung openinto the position shown in Fig. 1, and then the lamp-reservoir isintroduced within the ring B, and the annular rib 2, around thereservoir A, comes up against the under side of the flange 10 of thering B, and then the ring-section O is to be closed by swinging it uponthe pivot 4 and bringing the flange 5 of the ring-section O in below theannular rib 2, so as to support such annular rib and the reservoir, andin this op eration the inclined end of the ring-section O pressesagainst the side of the screw 6, and the ring is slightly sprung as therecess 7 receives the body of the screw 6, and the moving end of thering-section 0 passes above the head of the screw 6, and thereby theweight of the lamp is sustained directly upon the flange 5 of thering'scction C, and it will be observed that the ring-section O ispreferably rather more than a half-circle, and in the position shown inthe inverted plan, Fig. 1, the flange 5 of the ring-section does notinterfere withthe rib 2 as it passes up Within the ring 13, and when thesection 0 is closed around the reservoir the flange 5 of suchring-section 5 supports more than half of the annular rib 2, wherebythere is no risk of the lamp-reservoir tipping and falling out, and itis held reliably in position by the edge of the flange pressing againstthe side of the reservoir.

This suspending or supporting ring for lamp-burners is very strong andcom paratively cheap, and it is not liable to get out of order or toopen accidentally. Hence the lamp is very safely held in its properposition,

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the complete ring B andthe suspending or supporting device therewith connected, of aring-section pivoted near one end to the ring B and having aninwardly-projecting flange and a beveled end to the ring-section, and ascrew 6 for receiving and supporting the moving end of said ringsection,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the lamp-suspending ring having aninwardly-projecting flange around the top edge thereof,of aring-section, a pivot at one end thereof to connect it with the completering, a bevel at the other end, an inwardly-projecting flange at thelower edge, and an outwardly-projcctin g arm by which the ring-sectionis moved, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a lamp-suspendingring,of aring-section ofsubstantially half the width of the main ring, a pivot at one end forconnecting the ring-section to the con1- plete ring, aninwardly-projecting flange and a bevel at the end of the ring-section, asupporting screw or head for the moving end of the ring-section, and twoprojecting arms, one on the ring-section and the other on the ring foruse in moving the ring-section in either direction, substantially as setforth.

4:. The combination, with a lamp-suspending ring having projecting earsfor the supporting or suspending devices, of a ring-section, a pivot forattaching the ring-section to the complete ring, such ring-sectionhaving an internal projecting flange, a support for the moving end ofthe ring-section, and a projection upon the ring-section by which it maybe moved in opening or closing the same, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of February, 1892.

THOMAS IlIPWELTi.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. J. CALLEN, EDWIN L. XVI-Urn.

